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Mini Bio. Playwright/lyricist Alan Jay Lerner was born into a wealthy New York City retailing family. His professional association with Frederick Loewe started in 1942 when they teamed up to write "Life of the Party". Their first Broadway success was the 1947 musical fantasy "Brigadoon."
Jun 15, 1986 · Alan Jay Lerner, the lyricist and playwright who formed with the composer Frederick (Fritz) Loewe one of the legendary partnerships of the American musical theater, died of lung cancer...
Sophisticated and legendary Broadway lyricist and librettist. Browse Song Catalog: ASCAP. Alan Jay Lerner. Inductee. 1918- 1986 Born/Died. 1971 Inducted. Collaboration with Frederick Lowe became Broadway standards. * Alan Jay Lerner was also the 1985 recipient of The Johnny Mercer Award, the SHOF’s highest honor.
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May 21, 2018 · Alan Jay Lerner (born 1918) was one of the top songwriters in both Broadway musical theatre and Hollywood for a quarter century during the Golden Age of the American musical. His collaboration with Frederick Loewe yielded many fine musicals including Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot.
Alan Jay Lerner wrote some of America's best loved and enduring stage and movie musicals with Frederick Loewe over a period of more than 25 years: Life of the Party, What's Up, The Day Before...
American screenwriter, librettist, and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner ( b. New York City, August 31, 1918; d. New York City, June 14, 1986) was the creator, along with Austrian composer Frederick Loewe, of some of the most durable and beloved works of the American musical theatre in the twentieth century.
Jun 11, 2000 · Alan Jay Lerner, the lyricist and playwright whose Broadway musicals with the composer Frederick Loewe include ''Brigadoon'' (1947), ''Paint Your Wagon'' (1951), ''My Fair Lady'' (1956),...
